Sharf, Warda Javaid, Arshad Shoaib, Amna Khan, Iqra Haider
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Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control
BackgroundSclerotium rolfsii is a soil-borne fungal pathogen causing diseases in more than 500 plant species. It causes southern blight disease in chili. Chemical fungicides are used to control this disease, which also pollute the environment. The present study was designed to assess the potential of two species of plant-growth-promoting rhizobacte...
Kumari, Puja Bishnoi, Santosh Kumar Chandra, Sheela
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Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control
BackgroundThis study aimed to investigate the rhizosphere bacterial isolates’ antagonistic property against the soil-borne fungal phytopathogen, Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc. (Athelia rolfsii (Curzi) Tu & Kimbrough). The chemical control of the disease caused by S. rolfsii is economically and environmentally unsustainable, and therefore, a bio-control a...
Bandi, Sanjay M. Shanmugavadivel, P. S. Kumar, Lalit Revanasidda, A.
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Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control
BackgroundThe alphabaculoviruses are lethal pathogens of lepidopteran caterpillars including a polyphagous and globally recognized pest, Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) infesting economically important agriculture crops worldwide. The biological and molecular characterizations of indigenous nucleopolyhedrovirus of the genus Alphabaculovirus isolated ...
Corallo, Ana Belén Pechi, Evelin Bettucci, Lina Tiscornia, Susana
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Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control
BackgroundThe Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Liviidae) is an insect pest species responsible for damages of citrus fruit quality and tree health. This insect is a vector of bacteria ‘Candidatus Liberibacter’ spp. a putative causal agent of citrus greening disease known as Huanglongbing (HLB), considered one of the most ...
Luu, The Anh Phi, Quyet Tien Nguyen, Thi Thu Hang Dinh, Mai Van Pham, Bich Ngoc Do, Quang Trung
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Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control
BackgroundFungal stem end rot disease of pitaya caused by Alternaria alternata is one of the most destructive diseases in Binh Thuan province, Vietnam. This study aimed to assess the antagonistic effects of some endophytic bacteria isolated from the weed plant (Echinochloa colonum) against A. alternata.ResultsA total of 19 endophytic bacteria were ...
Elkhateeb, Waill A. Mousa, Kareem M. ELnahas, Marwa O. Daba, Ghoson M.
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Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control
BackgroundBiological control of insects is the current goal of modern researches to avoid using the harmful chemicals. Some fungi are capable of infecting and killing insects and, hence, are commonly known as entomopathogenic fungi (EPF). On the other hand, some insects can kill harmful fungal strains using their products such as peptides. Hence, t...
Sayed, Samy Elarnaouty, Sayed-Ashraf Ali, Esmat
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Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control
BackgroundThe cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii Glov. (Hemiptera: Aphididae), is a major insect pest on a wide range of plants that causes high damage and transmits plant viruses. This study was carried out to evaluate an indigenous isolate, Beauveria bassiana (Bb), and extracts of 5 plant species: Psiadia penninervia, Pulicaria crispa, Euryops arabicus...
Chinnaswami, Kannan Mishra, Divya Miriyala, Anila Vellaichamy, Prakasam Kurubar, Basavaraj Gompa, Jasudasu Madamsetty, Srinivas Prasad Raman, Meenakshi Sundaram
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Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control
BackgroundSpecies belonging to the genus Trichoderma are considered as one of the most potential biocontrol agents which can be readily collected from soil and found effective against various fungal and bacterial diseases. In rice-growing areas, the major fungal pathogens affecting rice production include Rhizoctonia solani causing sheath blight an...
Pehlivan, Serkan
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Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control
BackgroundEgg parasitoids belonging to the genus Trichogramma (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) are important natural enemies that have been successfully used in biological control programs and mostly reared on the Mediterranean flour moth, Ephestia kuehniella (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Host quality is a crucial factor that can determine par...
Momen, Faten M. Abdel-Khalek, Amira
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Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control
BackgroundThe predatory mites, Neoseiulus californicus (McGregor), N. barkeri (Hughes), and Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot, are important predators attacking many insect and mite pests. They can coexist in the same habitat and engage in intraguild predation (IGP).Main bodyIGP was assessed among the exotic one N. californicus and the native spec...
